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Show 1877.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M N E W ZEALAND. 381 the basal half of the wing ; secondaries and abdomen above salmon-colour ; primaries below with the basal area, excepting on costa, salmon-colour, the transverse markings only visible through the wing, secondaries varied with sap-green. Expanse of wings 6 inches 2 lines. North Island. From Dr. Hector's collection. 6. PORINA ENYSII, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 7i) Primaries above smoky brown, varied with testaceous, black, and silvery white ; costal area and basal third of wing whitish, mottled with brown and black ; internal area white, interrupted upon the margin and towards the base by a claviform longitudinal black streak, followed by a small rounded black spot; discal area crossed by a broad brown band which terminates below in a black inverted cone, and is bounded externally by a connected transverse arched series of blackish spots; immediately beyond the black spots there is an irregular transverse whitish area (quite white at inner margin) which encloses a second, and submarginal, series of blackish spots ; outer border, fringe, and veins testaceous; secondaries testaceous, with darker veins and fringe; thorax smoky brown ; head testaceous ; collar dark brown in front, very hairy, the hairs on the posterior border white at the tips ; abdomen testaceous : wings below sordid testaceous, veins dusky, costa of primaries with two brown spots just beyond the middle ; body sordid testaceous below, the pectus dusky in front. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. North Island. From the collection of Mr. J. D. Enys. Porina Enysii is most nearly allied to the P. mairi of Dr. Buller, but is very distinct; unfortunately the type is somewhat rubbed, so that it is possible that there may be markings upon the centre of the basal area of the primaries which I have failed to detect ; the broad discal band and the submarginal series of reniform blackish spots, however, will at once serve to distinguish the species from all previously known forms. 7. PORINA CERVINATA. Elhamma cervinata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 595. South Island. In colls. Dr. Hector and J. D. Enys, Esq. PSYCHIDiE. 8. P S Y C H E UNICOLOR, n. sp. Uniformly grey, the primaries of a slightly more brownish tint than the secondaries, and with a blackish costal edge ; the secondaries subhyaline : body clothed with long woolly hair. Expanse of wings 1 inch. South Island. From the coll. of J. D. Enys, Esq. The case of P. unicolor is fusiform, truncated and open at the apex, through which (after the exclusion of the moth) the dark mahogany-brown pupa-skin projects ; it is composed of short pieces of gra°s-stalks placed longitudinally, the largest being at the base, the smallest (mixed with small chips and silk) at the apex. Found on fences, gate-posts, rails, &c. |